Budget Management Job Trends in England

Budget Management
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring Budget Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 351 259 260
Rank change year-on-year -92 +1 +153
Permanent jobs citing Budget Management 391 499 893
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.49% 1.28% 1.06%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.66% 1.37% 1.24%
Number of salaries quoted 283 217 733
10th Percentile £44,972 £41,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £56,250 £50,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +13.64% -15.38%
75th Percentile £85,461 £73,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £98,750 £105,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £62,205 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.49% +13.10% -15.38%

All Process & Methodology Skills
England

Budget Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 59,545 36,509 71,748
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.99% 93.39% 85.21%
Number of salaries quoted 39,042 20,550 53,849
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,000 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £93,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -9.84%

Budget Management
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Budget Management relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

Budget Management job vacancy trend in England

Budget Management
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Budget Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Budget Management

Budget Management
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Budget Management in England over the 6 months to 12 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Budget Management in England

Budget Management
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Budget Management within the England region over the 6 months to 12 May 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London -46 139 £70,125 +0.18% 57
North of England -69 72 £63,076 +20.14% 31
South West -33 55 £43,500 -36.52% 11
Midlands -14 54 £62,500 +23.46% 18
South East -45 40 £95,000 +63.19% 39
West Midlands -15 36 £60,000 +17.08% 12
North West -23 34 £60,000 +17.65% 23
Yorkshire -59 31 £63,076 -2.96% 7
East Midlands -24 18 £85,000 +78.95% 6
East of England -54 10 £61,000 -5.78% 23
North East -51 7 £63,076 - 2
Budget Management
UK

Budget Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 13 (3.32%) WordPress
2 9 (2.30%) Confluence
2 9 (2.30%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.28%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (0.77%) CMS
5 1 (0.26%) Headless CMS
5 1 (0.26%) Moodle
5 1 (0.26%) Totara
Applications
1 35 (8.95%) Microsoft Office
1 35 (8.95%) Microsoft Project
2 20 (5.12%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (1.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (1.02%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.26%) Camtasia
5 1 (0.26%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 14 (3.58%) NetSuite
2 5 (1.28%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (1.02%) Oracle EBS
3 4 (1.02%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 4 (1.02%) SAP ERP
4 2 (0.51%) Shopify
5 1 (0.26%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.26%) Elite 3E
5 1 (0.26%) Misys Equation
5 1 (0.26%) Misys Midas
Cloud Services
1 41 (10.49%) Power Platform
2 40 (10.23%) Azure
3 26 (6.65%) SaaS
4 18 (4.60%) Microsoft 365
5 14 (3.58%) Google Analytics
5 14 (3.58%) PowerApps
6 8 (2.05%) Power Automate
7 7 (1.79%) Entra ID
8 6 (1.53%) Azure Functions
8 6 (1.53%) Azure Logic Apps
8 6 (1.53%) Azure Monitor
8 6 (1.53%) Azure Storage
8 6 (1.53%) Serverless
9 5 (1.28%) Canva
9 5 (1.28%) Microsoft Copilot
10 4 (1.02%) Dropbox
10 4 (1.02%) Microsoft Purview
11 3 (0.77%) Google Ads
12 2 (0.51%) Boomi
12 2 (0.51%) iPaaS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (2.30%) Broadband
2 2 (0.51%) Firewall
3 1 (0.26%) DNS
3 1 (0.26%) DSL
3 1 (0.26%) Internet
3 1 (0.26%) LAN
3 1 (0.26%) NAS
3 1 (0.26%) Remote Desktop
3 1 (0.26%) SMS
3 1 (0.26%) SSL
3 1 (0.26%) VPN
3 1 (0.26%) WAN
3 1 (0.26%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (5.88%) Power BI
2 8 (2.05%) Power Query
2 8 (2.05%) PowerPivot
3 7 (1.79%) SQL Server
4 4 (1.02%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.26%) GIS
5 1 (0.26%) MySQL
5 1 (0.26%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 13 (3.32%) JIRA
2 6 (1.53%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 1 (0.26%) JUnit
General
1 158 (40.41%) Social Skills
2 144 (36.83%) Finance
3 62 (15.86%) Public Sector
4 35 (8.95%) Retail
5 34 (8.70%) Analytical Skills
6 31 (7.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 30 (7.67%) Marketing
7 30 (7.67%) Organisational Skills
8 27 (6.91%) Legal
9 21 (5.37%) Influencing Skills
10 18 (4.60%) Presentation Skills
11 14 (3.58%) Banking
12 13 (3.32%) Manufacturing
13 10 (2.56%) Brand Awareness
13 10 (2.56%) Law
14 8 (2.05%) Agriculture
14 8 (2.05%) Telecoms
15 5 (1.28%) Back Office
15 5 (1.28%) Local Government
16 4 (1.02%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 106 (27.11%) Project Manager
2 99 (25.32%) Senior
3 82 (20.97%) Senior Manager
4 56 (14.32%) Senior Project Manager
5 39 (9.97%) IT Manager
6 29 (7.42%) Digital Project Manager
7 26 (6.65%) Senior Digital Project Manager
8 24 (6.14%) Lead
9 20 (5.12%) Delivery Manager
10 19 (4.86%) Head of IT
11 17 (4.35%) Financial Controller
12 16 (4.09%) Programme Manager
13 15 (3.84%) Service Manager
14 14 (3.58%) Development Manager
14 14 (3.58%) Head of Digital
15 12 (3.07%) IT Project Manager
15 12 (3.07%) Security Manager
15 12 (3.07%) Security Project Manager
15 12 (3.07%) Senior IT Manager
16 11 (2.81%) Applications Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.53%) .NET
1 6 (1.53%) .NET Core
2 2 (0.51%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (0.26%) EDI
3 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Graph
3 1 (0.26%) Model Context Protocol
3 1 (0.26%) SPFx
3 1 (0.26%) VML
Miscellaneous
1 18 (4.60%) Legacy Systems
1 18 (4.60%) Management Information System
2 17 (4.35%) Enterprise Software
2 17 (4.35%) Hybrid Cloud
2 17 (4.35%) Onboarding
3 15 (3.84%) Low-Code
4 14 (3.58%) Legacy Applications
5 11 (2.81%) Data Centre
5 11 (2.81%) EPoS
5 11 (2.81%) Self-Motivation
6 10 (2.56%) Web Conferencing
7 9 (2.30%) Driving Licence
7 9 (2.30%) PMI
7 9 (2.30%) Podcast
8 8 (2.05%) Renewable Energy
8 8 (2.05%) Social Media
9 7 (1.79%) Virtual Team
10 6 (1.53%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 5 (1.28%) Analytical Mindset
11 5 (1.28%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 7 (1.79%) Windows
2 6 (1.53%) VMS
3 4 (1.02%) Unix
4 2 (0.51%) Linux
4 2 (0.51%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 159 (40.66%) Project Management
2 142 (36.32%) Continuous Improvement
3 125 (31.97%) Agile
4 105 (26.85%) Project Delivery
5 89 (22.76%) Coaching
6 85 (21.74%) Stakeholder Management
7 84 (21.48%) Problem-Solving
8 81 (20.72%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 72 (18.41%) ITIL
10 63 (16.11%) Cybersecurity
11 60 (15.35%) Mentoring
12 58 (14.83%) Budgeting
13 56 (14.32%) PRINCE2
14 53 (13.55%) Roadmaps
15 52 (13.30%) Budgeting and Forecasting
16 49 (12.53%) Decision-Making
17 48 (12.28%) Change Management
17 48 (12.28%) Service Management
18 45 (11.51%) Customer Experience
18 45 (11.51%) IT Strategy
Programming Languages
1 14 (3.58%) C#
1 14 (3.58%) VBA
2 12 (3.07%) SQL
3 8 (2.05%) Python
4 7 (1.79%) PowerShell
5 6 (1.53%) Kusto Query Language
6 2 (0.51%) RPG
7 1 (0.26%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 85 (21.74%) Degree
2 30 (7.67%) PMI Certification
3 29 (7.42%) PMP
4 22 (5.63%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 21 (5.37%) ACCA
5 21 (5.37%) CIMA
6 16 (4.09%) Computer Science Degree
7 13 (3.32%) DBS Check
8 11 (2.81%) Security Cleared
9 5 (1.28%) HNC
10 4 (1.02%) DV Cleared
10 4 (1.02%) Master's Degree
11 3 (0.77%) CISSP
11 3 (0.77%) HND
11 3 (0.77%) ICAEW
11 3 (0.77%) SC Cleared
12 2 (0.51%) CISM
12 2 (0.51%) PRINCE2 Certification
13 1 (0.26%) CISA
13 1 (0.26%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (5.88%) PMO
2 17 (4.35%) Accessibility
3 15 (3.84%) GAAP
4 9 (2.30%) QA
4 9 (2.30%) SLA
5 8 (2.05%) GDPR
6 7 (1.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (1.79%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 6 (1.53%) GRC
8 5 (1.28%) PCI DSS
9 4 (1.02%) Data Quality
10 3 (0.77%) Cyber Essentials
10 3 (0.77%) NIST
11 1 (0.26%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.26%) Basel II
11 1 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 1 (0.26%) IFRS
11 1 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 1 (0.26%) SOC 2
System Software
1 8 (2.05%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.26%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (0.26%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (0.26%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.26%) Xen
Systems Management
1 8 (2.05%) Grafana
2 1 (0.26%) FortiGate
2 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.26%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 77 (19.69%) Microsoft
2 17 (4.35%) Google
2 17 (4.35%) SAP
3 12 (3.07%) Salesforce
4 11 (2.81%) Pardot
5 7 (1.79%) HubSpot
5 7 (1.79%) Oracle
6 6 (1.53%) Marketo
6 6 (1.53%) NEC
7 5 (1.28%) Adobe
7 5 (1.28%) Workday
8 3 (0.77%) Sage
9 2 (0.51%) Guidewire
9 2 (0.51%) Hotjar
9 2 (0.51%) IBM
9 2 (0.51%) iManage
9 2 (0.51%) MuleSoft
9 2 (0.51%) ServiceNow
10 1 (0.26%) Misys
10 1 (0.26%) VMware